# A Blink of the Screen

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- Authors: [Terry Pratchett](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-pratchett)
- Publisher: Corgi Books
- ISBN: 978-05-5216-333-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2013-10-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A must-have collection of shorter fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld novels. A brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the pen of one of the world's best-loved authors. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press ; to the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People ; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the Discworld series. Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens, death, disco and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas, all of it shot through with his inimitable brand of humour. With an introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A. S. Byatt, illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure. Front cover may vary.